Boundary oak on Clipstone Deer Park boundary. Local oral history holds the Parliament oak as the site where various dignitaries convered for the 1290 Michaelmas parliament held at Clipstone. Today two 'phoenix' oaks grow out of the root bowl which could have been as many as ten metres in circumference and would suggest an oak of considerable age. (1)

'Parliament Oak' (2)

Parliament Oak. King John is reputed to have summoned Parliament here, also Edward I in 1290. Several of the greater and more venerable oaks, such as Parliament Oak, have had fanciful names assigned to them. (3) (4)

The remains of a much larger tree, circa 7.0 metres high. (5)

Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

<1> Wessex Archæology, 2011, King John's Palace, Clipstone, Nottinghamshire. Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results. (Unpublished document). SNT5098.

<2> OS, 1960, 1:2500 1960 (Map). SNT1016.

<3> Guilford EL, 1912, Memorials of Old Nottinghamshire (Published document). SNT737.

<4> Joseph Rogers, 1908, Sherwood Forest (Published document). SNT6391.

<5> Seaman BH, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1252.